Nottingham City Group updates
Brinsley Animal Rescue Open Day
We had a terrific day at Brinsley Animal Rescue Chatting about the keeping the Arctic free from oil drilling, mining or commercial fishing. With the September...
August 12 at 11:37am
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Nottingham Pride 2013
Nottingham Pride normally takes place at the Forest Recreation ground but this year it was at the Arboretum in the centre of town. There were advantages...
July 29 at 04:18pm
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Deforestation continues
You may have thought that following our successes in Indonesia that the rainforest was safe! Nothing could be further from the truth. Last night i...
July 26 at 11:44am
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A great day at Stonebridge City Farm
On the first day for a while with wet stuff falling out of the sky we took the Save the Arctic campaign to the lovely Stonebridge City Farm. I think the...
July 21 at 05:12pm
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Are you going to climb the floodlights?
It was a quick decision but, inspired by the actions of our fantastic climbers on Thursday, we decided to remind the population of Nottingham (and our visiting...
July 13 at 06:02pm
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Nuke truck gets lost in East Midlands
The picture with this blog comes from Nukewatch. it shows part of a convoy that can carry nuclear weapons in a suburban street somewhere in either...
July 05 at 05:00pm
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Environment Minister says climate change is not real!
I missed this on the radio last Friday when Radio 4's Any Questions was held at the Centre for Alternaltive Technology. I sort of knew it was on but I...
June 14 at 03:54pm
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Campaign updates
The long road to CFP reform by Simon Clydesdale, oceans campaigner
Good news from Brussels; we finally got an agreement on CFP reform and at...
June 13 at 06:17pm
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political lobbying training course in Leicester on 22nd June
You will have all heard of the lobbying scandal this past week when one MP and 3 members of the House of Lords were caught on camera by the Beeb accepting...
June 08 at 01:53pm
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No Dash For Gas - No Dash For Jail
People gathered outside the Magistrates Court in Nottingham today wondering whether for the first time ever that environmental activists would be sent to jail...
June 06 at 05:46pm
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The protests in Turkey
I have been watching the events in Turkey as they get worse and worse. What started out as a peaceful protest about plans to destroy an iconic park,...
June 03 at 03:00pm
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Tuxfest was amazing
This is the first time we had been to Tuxfest and it won't be the last. The day was brilliantly sunny and more by luck than judgement we chose a spot for...
May 30 at 04:27pm
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A great day out in Chesterfield
Chesterfield Mayday celebrations are always a great day out - marching bands, banners, inspirational speakers and lots of activist type people from trades...
May 06 at 03:46pm
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Nottingham ♥ Arctic and Cameron's non existent speech
It was a lovely sunny day and we met to show our support for the Greenpeace campaign to save the Arctic and stop companies like Shell drilling for oil in the...
April 20 at 04:29pm
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Canada's Wolf Cull
One of my friends returned from a weekend in the Rocky Mountains laden with photos of the beautiful scenery. When one of these photos was of a wolf she had...
April 15 at 04:16am
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Will Fracking come to Nottinghamshire?
In last week’s budget Chancellor George Osborne announced a generous new tax regime for shale gas in an effort to introduce the North American shale gas boom...
March 26 at 04:55pm
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The Train Journey
Last week I was lucky enough to take the beautiful train journey across the Rocky Mountains from Edmonton to Vancouver. This was a journey of contrasts. My...
March 25 at 04:57am
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We are wimpy hippies
So it was decided at the last planning meeting - our first Shell garage protest of the new year. Then winter came back. I sat looking at the snow...
March 13 at 08:05pm
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Shell abandons plans to drill in the Arctic!
I woke up early and turned the radio on to the Today programme. Sleepy, I was vaguely aware of the business section, more interested in bankers bonuses,...
February 28 at 04:02pm
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A Quick Look For Bees In Canada
After looking at the bee problem in Europe I realised I knew very little about decline in bee populations where I am living, in Canada. I quickly...
February 25 at 10:14pm
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